You have a stock Miata and a budget of $5,000.
What do you do?
Set aside a week and ten LS1s
>>13969056
Sell Miata and have $7k to buy something useful.
>>13969056
buy another miata
>>13969056
Buy an mr2 with the 5k
>>13969056
Sell it and buy something that isnt a faggoty womany deathtrap
>>13969056
Drop a DOHC F8-Turbo engine
Use B2200 bellhousing on RX-7 R-series tranny
RX7 Rear end
Use the remaining 3k for chassis/suspension
>>13969056
springs, turbo, wheels, maybe cage.
>>13969064
This actually.
Invest in proper OEM parts and maintenance.
/thread
Big Brake Kit from WillWood
Suspension Upgrade Package from FlyinMiata
Roll Bar
Bushings
Them rigidity things for the underside of the car
Probably didn't even break $5,000.
If you're just a horsepower junky buy a Turbo Kit from Flyinmiata or something. Then dyno tune it.
>>13969064
>something useful
E36 M3, then.
coilovers
wheels
tires
Autokonexion fastback and widebody
camber kit
itasha wrap
cheap turbo kit
straightpipe
>>13969056
949 Big Grip Kit $2600
V8Roadsters subframe $700
NA FC engine and transmission $700
Dellorto 48 DHLA and Wahlbro 300 fuel pump $500
Jongbloed 15x10s to sit around until I get enough money for a set of Maxxis RC-1s $500
Because who wouldn't want a 200whp peripheral ported rotary Miata?
>>13969079
B2200 uses an M-type transmission like the Miata and NA FC. The bellhousing doesn't interchange with the RX-7TII/B2600/MPV R-type transmission.
>>13969056
>roll bar
>fastback hardtop coupe conversion (because I hate convertibles)
>various suspension upgrades
>?????
>Profit
http://shop.autokonexion.com/Mazda-MX-5-89-97-One-Piece-Fastback-with-Trunk-FASTBACK02.htm
>>13969056
Sell it and buy an mr2
>>13969160
>because I hate convertibles
I was about to call you a faggot, then I saw the trip. I guess stereotypes really do work after all.
Sell it and buy a fox body
>>13969176
The stereotype is that gays love convertibles.
Suck a dick.
>>13969181
The stereotype is that women love convertibles. Faggots think putting a tarp over a convertible makes it a coupe.
For the record, I don't call you a faggot because you take it in the ass, I call you a faggot because your opinions are shit.
>>13969202
I never said it makes it a coupe. I just hate convertibles for the pure reason of safety. I like my head right where it is, attached to my body.
There are convertibles that, in spite of the safety aspect, that I like. Actually, there's 2 and only 2.
2007-2009 Saturn Sky
1990-1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme convertible (Muh LQ1 engine)
Sell it and buy an E24 with the $8k.
If that's against your rules, then:
>small turbo, like a 16t or super 60 T3
>megasquirt
>lsd
>tuned coilovers
>wider wheels and sticky tires
>rollbar
I could do that for $5K because I would do it all myself. I turbocharged my E30 and put it on coilovers for less than that.
>>13969181
>basket case faggot obsessed with dicks
move along people
>>13969237
>>13969232
>I never said it makes it a coupe. I just hate convertibles for the pure reason of safety. I like my head right where it is, attached to my body.
You realize that a hardtop makes no difference in a crash, right? The A-pillar lays down flat and the top is an aero component, not a structural component. Your only option for not dying in a rollover is a roll bar mounted far enough back that the seat can't deflect far enough for you to hit it. The Hard Dog Ace and Deuce bars are the only ones that meet these criteria.
>>13969232
putting a cage and a hard top on isn't going to make it safer, or even near as safe as a standard coupe.
Not him by the way.
>>13969056
Suspension work then if money left v8 swap. If not supercharger
>>13969056
>buy 5 corollas
>Sell miata
>keep extra money
Sell it and buy a real car (or as close as 7k will get you).
>>13969056
big turbo, wide fenders in the back, cut fender in the front. slam. steelies. roll bar. custom metallic grey paintjob. i want one
>>13969130
here u go
http://abbotsford.craigslist.ca/cto/5260943432.html
Sell it for 6k because its stock and "ITS A COLLECTABLE I KNOE WHAT I GOT. Then buy a 944
>>13969056
Turbo and supporting mods esp. suspension
I've seen those rape ass at autox
weld in a roll cage
a little trailer the miata can tow.
a lot of track tires on steel wheels.
go cone fagging.
>>13970878
Cone Killer!
>Put on matching hard top and a spoiler that follows the top's curve.
>Spend a weekend and $500 to do an LS1 swap
>Spend the other $4000 on a back-up Miata with the same modifications in case this one blows up
>>13969073
Dumb niggerfag confirmed
>>13969179
>Wanting a notchback instead of a hatchback
>>13969056
6 speed, bigger brakes from 2001+ model, 2 way LSD, Xidas, ditch the ARBs, subframe/floorpan and inner wing reinforcements, decent roll cage, bikini, 6ULs
Give it to my gf and put 5k into my s13
>>13971437
this guy knows what he's talking about
>>13971746
Jokes on you I just guess
>>13969056
Sell Miata, Buy AW11
>>13969056
Turbo it
>>13971760
>that top
Only reason I want a roll bar.
>>13969056
>$750 on 15x9 949 Racing 6ULs
>$750 on 225/50R15 Toyo Proxes R888s
>$80 on DIY knockoff of the Racing Beat air intake
>$500 on Racing Beat Power Pulse Sport exhaust
>$250 on Flyin' Miata high flow catalytic converter
>$300 on OBX 4-2-1 header
>$600 on Hard Dog Hardcore roll bar
>$180 on G-Force 6pt camlock harness
>$240 on Kirkey 47900 series aluminum seat
>$600 on Flyin' Miata clutch/flywheel "happy meal"
>$700 on Flyin' Miata springs/Tokico shocks package
If only there was a little more money to at least fit a Racing Beat front sway bar in there... oh well.
>>13969056
Stick the 5k in my savings until I have a bit more and can make a down payment on a house, then enjoy having both a fun car and my own place.
So pretty much exactly what I'm doing now, except with an MR2 Spyder instead of the Miats.
>>13969062
First post, best post.
Sell it and buy an NB 1.8.
Part out the miata, every single part. Earn 5k after a couple months from parting out, combine with my original 5k and then buy a crossover because it's safe and has room for the kids.
>>13969067
>MX5 = double wishbone
>MR2 = macpherson strut
>>13972939
posts like this is why I hate coming to this board.
>>13969056
I would probably invest the money in a nice LSD, bigger brakes from a later generation or alternative, some nice wide wheels and some superb rubber, some good coil overs and take time and do tests to set it up right for your style of driving and area. Any left over money I would spend on a nice exhaust and/or ITB's, high compression pistons and better con rods.
The result would be a drivetrain that can easily handle the power which would be about 200BHP give or take, ultra grippy with awesome handling and good stopping power.
you could be a fucking dick head and spend all the money on a ghetto engine swap like an LS1, you would spent a lot of money and have to change the whole driveline or modify it, wouldn't have much money left over after, and you would get absolutely fucking slashed by an MX5 with decent tires, suspension and brakes around a technical circuit.
>>13971772
>sell double wishbone and get macpherson strut
>>13969064
>sell the reliable, lightweight, front engine rear drive cheap to maintain car and get something useful...
>>13972991
Its a chick car
>$5k
Damn. 15x7 wheels of some sort + sticky rubber
Rubber CA bushings
Full FM suspension(koni yellows + fm springs + swaybars)
Racing beat exhaust manifold + fm exhaust
Some kinky wilwood calipers and steel lines.
Kinky slotted rotors to go with the kinky brakes
nb vvt motor swap
Roll bar.
I think I calculated all of this to be around $4500 so 500 on a FM happy meal clutch.
>>13973016
Ehh. That may be a tad over $5k. Could nix the clutch. and get new motor mounts.
>>13973014
I guess a car which is well engined, reliable and makes a good drivers car is for girls right ?
If it was actually a girls car then I guess because its for girls that makes it not useful
>>13971924
>tokico illuminas
They're good, but I heard they start to leak at 10,000 miles which is why I'd go with the time proven Koni Yellows.
10/10 list, though.
>>13973014
You can post this all you want but that doesn't make it true.
13B swap
>>13971437
>ditch the ARBs
>>13972945
We won't miss you
>>13969056
Keep miats stock. Buy 10 Twingos for maximum honhonhon.
>>13973034
>>13973049
I didnt say it was a bad car. Its a great car.
But its still a miata, the gay hairdressers car.
No amount of [current year] will change that
>>13969084
that's not how it works, you don't /thread your own post ya spanner
>>13969248
I don't think you understand what a "cage" is.
They are far safer than any factory roof design, it's why they use them in racing.
>>13970785
mein negger
>>13973125
yes?
>>13969056
Sell it, Buy a AU Falcon, turbo said Falcon and rip skids.
>>13969056
TARBO
because its slow as fuck stock.
>>13969062
Kekd out loud
>>13969056
Sell it and buy something better
>>13969056
Use the Miata and $5k as a deposit on a Toybaru.
>>13973049
Iv only seen old creepy men in these cars. Not even women or young enthusiasts. Just creepy old men with thick moustaches.
>>13969056
Keep it stock spend the $5000 on flights to London for: http://www.salonexhibitions.co.uk/
>>13977391
>tfw I'm a creepy old looking man with a thick moustache and DD a 92 Miata
>>13969056
wonder why the fuck i have some shitty meme car then burn it and spend $5k on a gun to cap myself
>>13969056
5.3 Swap.
>>13977479
>meme
I would get a dope ass eagle's head airbrushed on my hood.
The answer is JV6 swap, you can't do a v8 build for less than 5k unless you do a 5.0 (why.jpg) JV6 lets you use a stock trans and diff. I have a 92 with zero rust and I'm seriously considering this swap. There's a TL type s motor just up the street from where I live. If you want more power you can always twin turbo. 100-200 pounds saved over a v8 swap.
>>13969056
Sell it, and then buy a 4x4 truck
>>13969093
>M series BMW
>reliable
>>13977612
Why do you feel the need to announce your ignorance to everyone?
>>13977516
Shit, that looks right at home.
>>13977623
BMW's aren't reliable though.
They're shit.
>>13977631
You're not answering the question, you're just doing more of what you did before.
>>13977516
why not a k24 block / k20 head swap?
Buy a 6 speed z51 c4 with the 5k, sell miats, polish and sell salad shooters to stancefag, gut all interior, sell good parts, sell working digital display, use monies to stage 0 the drive train and suspension. Open the exhaust and intake up, hot ignition, sticky tires and light wheels.
>inb4 some faggot arguing about my thoughts on a theroretical car and amount of currency.
>have a pizza
>>13975318
wat kind of wheels are those i want them
>>13975341
Ausfags, everyone
$5k is more than you need.
> wheels and summer tires - $600
> sway bars and endlinks - $200
> intake and exhaust (for throttle response and that sound) - $500
> FM suspension - $1000
> hardtop - $1000
> second set of wheels and tires for winter - $500
The rest goes to maintenance.
>>13970785
/bread
>>13972973
are you sure about the 200hp with just higher comp and an exhaust/intake?
Where are you getting wheels and tires for $500 the fuck hahah
>>13977656
http://www.revolutionwheels.com/wheels/motorsport/rally/5-spoke-classic/RVC924L4F2-12791WAO/
>>13977623
You've obviously never owned an e36 m3, a newer bmw or ever worked on one before. So, Just absorb this knowledge: People who work at BMW dealerships, unless they are exorbitantly wealthy, don't own BMW vehicles.
>>13969056
NA: KL swap (2 litre V6 out of an MX-3). Maybe a supercharger from a KJ-ZEM (which should fit), but it depends on the budget. Ransmission will probably need beefin up, I'll new a new clutch, and I'll sure as hell want a new (LSD) rear end). Probably suspension and tires too, but that probably won't be possible with this budget. Maybe later.
NB: Sell it, and buy a Mariner Blue NA. See above.
NC: Sell it, buy a mechanically sound FD, install LPG installation.
ND: Sell it back to the dealer, preorder an Azurro Italia Fiata 124.
>>13978219
Forgot I'll probably need uprated brakes on the NA too. Ah well, I'll just do everything bit by bit - just do the engine first, that's been a dream of mine.
>>13975318
Why?
>>13969056
Sell it and buy a z3 because i dont fit in a miata.
>>13969056
Sell miata
acquire sentra
>>13977516
That is quite nice. I like the mounting method-suspending the engine by the transmission mount flange.
>>13978070
yeah well a general rule for compression ratio's is around 20 BHP per tick of compression ratio increase, this varies a lot obviously, so thats not an absolute ultimatum rule. If the later NA 1.8 MX5 provides around 130 BHP with around a 9:1 compression ratio. With high compression pistons from wossner
http://forged-pistons.co.uk/webshop/wossner-automotive-forged-pistons/mazda-forged-pistons/miata-mx-5-1-8-16v-1994-2005-high-compression-wossner-forged-pistons-9078/
it will increase the compression ratio to about 12:1, so roughly a 60BHP increase, not set in stone though.
ITB's are sure to free up a bit more power, 20 BHP is a bit optimistic, but surely over 10 BHP in conjunction with a nice exhaust.
>>13972945
>i hate it when my toyota delusion gets rekt by reality its all /o/s fault
>>13979066
>20bhp per tick of compression ratio increase
>general rule
Uh no. I've never heard that before in my life, and it's a silly "general rule" because engines are too different to have rules like that.
>you can make 190bhp with just a set of high compression pistons in a miata engine
Hahaha FUCK no
>ITBs
>exhaust
>surely over 10bhp
Maybe, but you're talking 200bhp NA right now without even mentioning head work or cams, you're going a little bonkers here.
>>13979322
I'm a mechanic and I clearly stated that it isn't an ultimatum rule, so first statement by you completely and utterly nullified.
formula one cars of the mid 80's made 1400 BHP from 3 litre naturally aspirated engines, achieved in part by immense compression ratio's and high octane fuel to match.
the general rule isn't silly at all, its what all the mechanics in my garage estimate from through years and years of engine tuning.
>>13969056
Sell it to some re-re that visits /o/ and buy a C5.
Rollbar, some better adjustable height suspensions, good winter and summer tires.
And I guess some kind of added protection to the underside of the car, decent skid plates. My country has horribly mantained roads.
Keep the rest aside for regular running costs.
>>13979370
MX5 is a good car, can't say otherwise, unless you are deliberately being a troll or are literally retarded/stupid
>>13979352
>formula one cars of the mid 80's made 1400 BHP from 3 litre naturally aspirated engines, achieved in part by immense compression ratio's and high octane fuel to match.
Even if that was true (and it's not!) you would be talking about perfectly designed ports, and ultra light internals, and perfectly designed cams, intakes, exhaust, etc. But it's not true, F1 cars were not making 1400bhp NA from 3 liter engines in the 80s, they were making that kind of power with turbos though.
It is not a general rule anyway. I've been tuning cars for years and I've never heard it in my life, it's ridiculous to call it a general rule.
>>13979379
butting in here but I have seen this exact rule being used on a forum before :/
>>13979385
>used on a forum before
Well that's convincing. We all know how internet forums are known for good information.
>>13979405
wasn't saying anything other than the FACT I have seen it before, you're a passive aggressive prick who obviously enjoys picking holes and undermining people to get a response to make yourself feel better. No one gives a shit, go and kill yourself.
>>13979590
Wow, you're easily butthurt. Are you menstruating or are you just so new to the internet that you take every sarcastic quip as a personal insult?
Fucking crybaby. You'd fit right in on reddit.
>>13979590
Lol he can't handle the bants
Get over yourself, kid
>>13979590
>pointing out retards trying to pass off stuff they just made up as fact
Nothing wrong with that, dipstick.
>>13979066
>>13979352
Some of the most retarded shit I've ever read, right here.
>formula one cars of the mid 80's made 1400 BHP from 3 litre naturally aspirated engines, achieved in part by immense compression ratio's and high octane fuel to match.
Serious question, have you experienced any cranial injuries as an infant?
>>13979797
its not exactly the banter I can't handle, its people who try to prove others wrong and themselves right just for satisfaction, if it didn't satisfy then why would they do it ? and if it satisfies them then they are passive aggressive people which no one cares about.
>>13979405
what is the point in that ? nobody cares that he doesn't think its convincing... its a moot point, all I was saying is that I HAVE seen it before, anyone who see's a point in replying in that way to a comment like that is a fucking dick head.
>>13979849
> its people who try to prove others wrong and themselves right just for satisfaction
There's nothing wrong with discrediting such blatantly incorrect tripe. Do you choose to believe everything you read?
Buy a manual Subaru Outback so I have a car with room that I can use when I don't want to abuse my carfu
>>13979832
>>13979405
>>13979379
>>13979322
>using green text to make points
>undermining people
>questioning people to uncover falsehoods
this is prime freshly picked faggotry at its most ripe, going on the internet and confronting people to generate arguments and prove yourself right and them wrong for self gratification.
>>13979875
>call everyone who disproves outstanding claims "haters"
Perhaps I could point you to your nearest Scientology church. I feel you'd be most at home there.
>>13979875
>>13979849
Mea culpa
I'm so sorry for being right
>>13979894
so sorry for going online and assert your being right like you're trying to educate someone ?
shouldn't be sorry about that, but why do this for someone that means nothing to you, over the internet ? why waste effort typing something for no reason ? because the only reason I can think of for why someone would do this is to gratify themselves, which would mean you enjoy being right.
Not saying anything really, but people who enjoy being right induce confrontation, people like this tend to have little to no friends and get nowhere socially, I avoid people like this myself.
>>13979970
You're really overthinking this and taking it way to personally, anon. Calm down.
Are you a woman by any chance, or bipolar? Those are the types of people I've seen flip off on a rant at a perceived slight that nobody else even gives a second thought to.
>>13977631
>>13977612
Actually the E36 M series was pretty reliable. It's not rare to see people DDing them with over 200k on them. The E46 was also pretty good but the mpg sucked. What killed the reliability was the E92.
>>13979970
That goes the exact same way for people making unsubstantiated bullshit claims on the internet to people they don't know.
>Miata
I'd keep the money; I heard they're increasing the price of AIDS medication and I'm clearly going to need it.
>>13978085
That price includes selling the old wheels. 7-spokes go for $300-400 easily. Even daisies are worth $200 in good shape. As for winter wheels, you can get a set of four steelies for like $40. Tires are $100 each.
>>13977479
Well memed, my friend.
